About Me...
"When a young tree is injured it grows around that injury. As the tree continues to develop, the wound becomes relatively small in proportion to the size of the tree. Gnarls, burls and misshapen limbs speak of injuries and obstacles encountered through time and overcome. The way a tree grows around its past contributes to its exquisite individuality, character, and beauty.”
Peter A. Levine, “Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
I’m a native Texan, born and raised. I am a Licensed Psychologist and have been licensed in Texas since 2003 and am trained and experienced in a broad range of evidence-based therapies. I earned my undergraduate degree in psychology from Texas A&M University and then my Master’s degree in psychology from Wake Forest University.
I completed my Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University where I had the wonderful opportunity to study under the direction of Dr. James P. McCullough, a well-known expert in the field of chronic depression who developed an evidence-based therapy model (Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy; CBASP) for this debilitating condition. I completed my internship at the Medical College of Georgia / VA Medical Center Consortium in Augusta, Georgia and then sought additional training via a three year post-doctoral fellowship at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of Nicotine Dependence with Comorbid Depression.
Since my fellowship, I have held full or part-time positions as a Behavioral Research Psychologist at MDACC, Co-Director of the University of Houston’s Psychology Research and Services Center, and a provider of psychological services to residents of a skilled nursing facility. Since 2009, I have been employed at the Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center in Houston, providing psychological services in the Compensation and Pension, Trauma Recovery, and General Mental Health Care programs. Currently, I hold a half-time position in the PTSD clinic, with emphasis on the provision of services to Veterans struggling with acute trauma/stress reactions, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder/PTSD, traumatic grief, and anger issues. I am also a VHA certified provider of both Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure for PTSD (PE), and I am certified by the EMDR International Association as an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) therapist. I have also been accepted by the EMDR International Association as a Consultant-in-Training which will allow me to move to the next level of expertise in providing EMDR (Approved Consultant status) and to provide consultation to other therapists who wish to learn EMDR.
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